Thanks Adam but actually i have quit tryign to do it with my way and i decided to do it with your way since it is more straighforward and less lines of code: Now the code is like this: 
#=======================LOADING THE .TXT TO THE DATABASE==============
+==========

my $replace = $dbh->prepare( "REPLACE INTO games (gamename, gamedesc, 
+gamecounter) VALUES (?, ?, ?)" );

open (FILE, "<../data/games/descriptions.txt") or die $!;

while (<FILE>) {
    chomp;

    if (length) {
       $replace->execute( split(/\t/, $_, 2),  0 ) or print $dbh->errs
+tr;
    }
}

close (FILE);

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But the records never get updated and if i delete a row on the txt file but the insertion of a new row or an edit of an existing one work ok :-)

Also after this code i ahve this: 
if( param() )
{
    $dbh->do( "UPDATE games SET gamecounter=gamecounter+1 WHERE gamena
+me='$gamename'" );
    $dbh->do( "UPDATE guestlog SET passage='$gamename' WHERE host='$ho
+st'" );

    $sth = $dbh->prepare( "SELECT * FROM games WHERE gamename=?" );
    $sth->execute( $gamename );
    $row = $sth->fetchrow_hashref;

    print span( {class=>'lime'},    "Είσαι ο $row->{gamecounter} ος πο
+υ κατεβάζει το $row->{gamename} !!" ),  br;
    print span( {class=>'yellow'},  "Ελπίζω να σου αρέσει και να σου φ
+ανεί χρήσιμο!" );

    print p( {-align=>'center'},  a( {href=>'index.pl'},  img {src=>'.
+./data/images/back.gif'} ));
    print "<script language='Javascript'>location.href=/data/games/$ga
+mename.rar</script>";
}

which is supposed to print a message when a user hits a game button to
+ be download and show the user what he choosed to downlaoded and how 
+many time it was in general downloaded but it doesnt.

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In reply to Re^4: Updating or Inserting a database from a txt file by Nik
in thread Updating or Inserting a database from a txt file by Nik

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